Ever wanted to know some of the details the FBI had on Big Baby Jesus aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard?
Well, wonder no more as someone has that information thanks to the Freedom of Information Act in the States. Details include ideas that he was affiliated with the Bloods, that he had a shoot-out with the NYPD and much more. To read it all, click here.
Meantime check out the best interview ever done, ever:
We all thought it would never happen, but Refused are back!
The Swedish hardcore band have done the unthinkable and reformed for Coachella and Swedish festival Way Out West, marking the first live appearances since the late 1990s. Speaking of the decision, the band said:
“It’s been a motley 14 years since our band came apart. We’ve all kept busy in our respective endeavors but we’ve all remained friends and kept in touch. There have been offers, and lots of jokes about these offers. We’ve sort of looked down from our high horses and made fun of people who’ve just wanted to share the psychopathic intensity that we would deliver on a nightly basis in our post-pubescent prime. A reunion has just seemed irrelevant to us. Too much other shit to do”
Additional dates will be added on the official site.
Swound! have announced the details of their debut album.
Into The Sea will be released through their own label, The Grelmin Corporation, on March 5th. The package will come with a DVD that includes a documentary of the recording of the album called Whatever Happened, Happened.
The album comes hot on the heels of the band supporting Electric Six in the UK and Europe and you can get an idea of the album’s sound by watching the video for Big Trouble below.
Nick Cave has announced his band Grinderman will release a remix album.
Grinderman 2 RMX will feature reworkings of tracks from the Grinderman 2 album bu the likes of Josh Homme, UNKLE, A Place To Bury Strangers and Grinderman themselves amongst others. The album will be released on March 12th through Mute Records. The full tracklisting is below and you can stream the remix to Bellringer Blues here.
Super Heathen Child (Grinderman/Fripp)
Worm Tamer (A Place to Bury Strangers)
Bellringer Blues (Nick Zinner)
Hyper Worm Tamer (UNKLE)
Mickey Bloody Mouse (Joshua Homme)
When My Baby Comes (Cat’s Eyes with Luke Tristram)
Palaces Of Montezuma (Barry Adamson)
Evil (Silver Alert ft Matt Berninger)
When My Baby Comes (SixToes)
Heathen Child (Andy Weatherall)
Evil (Factory Floor)
First Evil (Grinderman)
Big Scary Monsters Records will release Cursive‘s forthcoming new album I Am Gemini on vinyl in the UK on limited edition picture disc.
The vinyl will be limited to 500 numbered copies and has been described as their “heaviest in years”. It tells the story of Pollock and Cassius, twins separated at birth with one being good and one evil. Stories within the theme contain angels, demons and conjoined twins. Nice.
You can pre-order the vinyl here.
I Self Devine has put his LA State Of Mind mixtape online.
The Minnesotan rapper, who was previously in Micranots and Semi.Official, is releasing his new solo album The Sounds of Low Class America on May 8th through Rhymesayers Entertainment but will be dropping four mixtapes in the build up to get fans in the mood.
Check out the first of these below and get to know why ISD is so well thought of. The most underrated MC around, this is fresh.
I Self Devine – LA State Of Mind (Free Mixtape) by rhymesayers
Ceremony will release their new album on March 5th.
Zoo will drop via Matador Records and was produced by John Goodmanson who has previously worked with Blood Brothers, Weezer and Sleater-Kinney. Hysteria is available as a 7″ single or as part of an album bundle on the Matador store.
The first 300 copies of Zoo will be on red vinyl exclusively for webstore preorders, and the first 200 copies of second single Adult will be on clear vinyl, both while supplies last. UK dates are to be confirmed shortly.
you can check out the track Hysteria by clicking here.
A Place To Bury Strangers have announced the release of their new EP.
Onwards To The Wall will drop on February 6th via Dead Oceans and contains five brand new tracks. If you want to get involved with a little preview, then grab the mp3 of So Far Away here.
The band will announce UK tour dates soon, but in the meantime here is the tracklisting for the EP:
1. I Lost You
2. So Far Away
3. Onwards To The Wall
4. Nothing Will Surprise Me
5. Drill It Up
Wolves Like Us and Junius will be hitting the UK in April as part of their European Tour.
The Norwegian Wolves Like Us are fresh from their tour around Europe with Kvelertak and will once again be showcasing tracks from their debut album Late Love. Boston’s Junius will be touring their Reports From The Threshold of Death album. And the dates are:
April
22nd – Hit The Deck Fest, Nottingham
23rd – Ivory Blacks, Glasgow
24th – Star and Garter, Manchester
25th – Borderline, London
Lazerbeak has announced he will release a new record, Lava Bangers, on January 24th.
The Doomtree producer, whose work made the crew’s No Kings album the best of the year, has teamed up with Plain Ole Bill who has been POS’ touring DJ and founder of the Get Cryphy night in Minneapolis, to put together a seemless mix of 20 instrumentals.
Here is a preview of the mix and we already can’t wait to play the shit out of this!